Can you get pregnant having sex standing up? 11% still think not

November 21, 2009 by Baby Chums
Filed under: News, Pregnancy

11% of British people surveyed by the Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF) still believe a woman can’t get pregnant if she has sex standing up, according to a recent poll.

The DCSF commissioned the survey of 2,000 people aged 16-50 to highlight misconceptions around safe sex.

Almost 20% per cent thought having sex while a woman is on her period or if the man withdraws before ejaculation means a woman can’t get pregnant.

The survey found that 26% of couples never discuss contraception and 31% never talk about sexual health - such as sexually-transmitted infections - with their partner.

62% of British people admitted to turning discussions on the topic of sex into a joke.

Dr Pam Spurr, a sex and relationships expert, said: “In spite of our love of talking about sex and relationships, the survey suggests it’s our lack of knowledge that is causing confusion.

“I’m encouraged to see that we’ve overcome a long-held aversion to talking about sex, but we’ve still got some way to go before we swap jokes and banter for the open, honest and informed conversations about sexual health and relationships that most of us would like.”

Lisa Power, head of policy at the Terrence Higgins Trust, said: “We’re delighted that the Government has acknowledged the importance of both better education and peer influence in the way people make decisions about their sexual health.

“Ignorance is just as transmissible as chlamydia or HIV and we need to take firm steps to prevent all of those things from spreading.”

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One Comment on "Can you get pregnant having sex standing up? 11% still think not"

Charles Linskaill on Sun, 22nd Nov 2009 12:19 am

Amazing in our day and informative age, we still have misconceptions on sexual matters, we are bombarded with information, and what you maybe don’t know, you can easily find out, yet we wait until serious problems arise before we take sexual matters as serious,
As for ‘joking’ about sex, I have always found its the ones that know the least about sex, that make the jokes, to-which, are the crudest jokes.

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